DOGTokyo2017

Japanese Artist Akane Takayama will be exhibiting her next art installation project #DOGTokyo2017 on 18th & 19th November 2017 at Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan. This exciting project is advertised on the ITSCOM television Channel in Tokyo and has won a prestigious award from the Asahi Shimbun Foundation. DOGTokyo2017 is supported by the following:

#DOGTokyo2017 - 18 & 19 November at Ueno Park, Tokyo 上野公園 東京

Meguro Cherry Blossom

DOGTokyo2017 will be installed in Ueno Park on 18/19th November 2017. Prior to this event DOG has been out investigating Meguro, Tokyo.

Meguro 2020 Cultural Olympics

DOGTokyo2017 loves Meguro and finding those special places of Japanese culture.

Magic Meguro

DOGTokyo2017 thinks Meguro is a magical place to visit when in Tokyo.

Meguro Cherry Blossom

DOGTokyo2017 loves the cherry blossom in Meguro, Tokyo.

Fantastic Cherry Blossom in Meguro

The cherry blossom in Meguro is the best in Tokyo.

Ryo Nakamura

DOGTokyo2017 was taken out into a local park in Meguro, Tokyo by Ryo Nakamura.

Meguro 2020 vision

DOGTokyo2017 always obeys the rules.

Meguro Japanese culture

DOGTokyo2017 goes to Meguro to find Japanese culture in Tokyo.

Sakura

DOGTokyo2017 loves Cherry Blossom, Sakura, and the Koto music of Kasumi Watanabe. www.kasumiwatanabe.net

Waiting

DOGTokyo2017 is waiting for the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 when the best place to stay will be in Meguro.

DOGTokyo2017 is the second in the series of DOG installations. The first, highly successful, installation was in London in 2010.

The sculpture itself is a simple work which carries complex questions. In its essence, it is an assembly of large numbers of cardboard dog sculptures in a public space. The primary aim of the artist is to question how we consumers place value on what we see and desire. the DOGs themselves are made of cheap, Insubstantial materials mostly used in packaging and of no intrinsic value whatsoever. In the observation, the only value we can place on these sculptures is the one we impose on it ourselves. In London in 2010, when, at the end of the installation, Takayama gave the DOGs away freely to whoever wanted them, there was almost a frenzy to get one. people queued up, people implored to be given one, some who were disappointed even became emotional. Now the story transfers to another culture, to another consumer space and we will be able to observe any differences in response.